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Protest and Uprising at Crossroads Correctional, Missouri

ByperilousMay 12, 2018

May 12, 2018: After recreation and programming were cut due to staffing shortages, prisoners stage a sit-down strike--sitting peacefully and refusing to follow orders from staff. According to the Missouri DOC, 209 prisoners participated in the protest. The conflict

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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousMarch 23, 2018

March 23, 2018: Prisoners overpower a guard and take control of a dorm. They hold it for an hour and a half. No damage is reported to the prison, nor injuries to prisoners or staff.

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Uprising at Arizona State Prison Complex, Yuma

ByperilousMarch 1, 2018

March 1-2, 2018: After guards beat an intoxicated prisoner, at least 600 prisoners participate in an uprising in which they attack guards, set fires, throw rocks, attack prison infrastructure and break into the healthcare unit. One prisoner, Adam Coppa, is shot and killed

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Attack on Guards at Youth Correctional Center, North Dakota

ByperilousJanuary 28, 2018

January 28, 2018: Four teenage detainees attacked guards and destroyed property in an alleged attempt to escape the facility.

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Uprising at Santa Cruz County Jail, California

ByperilousJanuary 16, 2018

January 16, 2018: Prisoners tie trip lines from ripped jail-cell sheets, cover their arms with socks, hide their faces with makeshift masks and arm themselves with soap, a radio, mop, books and bottles of liquid. The 26 men housed in the west-wing L Unit complained it was

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Uprising at Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center, Ohio

ByperilousJanuary 8, 2018

January 8, 2018: At least 12 juvenile detainees between the ages of 14 and 16 took control of a pod and held it for more than three hours, destroying infrastructure, threatening guards and pouring soap on the floor. Initial estimates put the damage at $200,000 or more.

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Uprising at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousOctober 12, 2017

October 12, 2017: Prisoners set fire to the "specialty sewing plant" of the prison and attempt to escape. Four prison employees are killed and several others injured.

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Uprising at McCormick Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousOctober 4, 2017

October 4, 2017: Prisoners take control of a unit of the prison and set fires, chase officers with knives, and climb on the roof. They are able to hold their unit for three hours until their captors regain control.

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Uprising at Baffin Correctional Centre, Nunavut, Canada

ByperilousSeptember 25, 2017

September 25, 2017: At least four prisoners participated in a two hour uprising that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the facility. According to the Department of Justice, prisoners destroyed "85 per cent of the building's medium security bed space and 33 per cent

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Uprising at Cummins Unit, Arkansas

ByperilousSeptember 14, 2017

September 14, 2017: Arkansas prisoners stage another short uprising, after incidents in July and August at Tucker Unit. The rebels refuse orders and destroy property. Three prisoners are injured, and one calls out to local media to report that conditions are "like a

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